OKC Thunder: 3 season goals for Theo Maledon in 2020-21
Now that the OKC Thunder have finalized the trade with the Philadelphia 76ers, let’s look at the 3 season goals for rookie Theo Maledon.
The OKC Thunder front office has been the busiest of the entire NBA. They have cleared out two-thirds of last season’s playing roster and then moved on some of the returns they got in those trades. It has been like watching a masterpiece conducted by the virtuoso Sam Presti.
The trades in question so that the Thunder could land the 19-year-old Theo Maledon showed how Presti has conducted himself this offseason. He traded Dennis Schroder to the Los Angeles Lakers in return for Danny Green and a first-round pick.
Presti then traded two of his plethora of first-round picks to the Boston Celtics for Vincent Poirier. Green and Poirier were then packaged with Terrance Ferguson to land Al Horford, Vasilije Micić, and Maledon.
How Theo Maledon helps the OKC Thunder.
Check out some of the best highlights from birthday boy and rising star Theo Maledon during his first season in EuroLeague with @LDLCASVEL #GameON I #EUROLEAGUEUNITED pic.twitter.com/REILG9vTJg
— Turkish Airlines EuroLeague (@EuroLeague) June 12, 2020
Being just 19 years of age, Maledon has the chance to grow into a role with the Thunder. He just signed his rookie deal with the franchise so contractually he has up to four years to learn and grow into a quality NBA prospect.
Maledon is a point guard like the team’s next star, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. However, this will not be an issue as Gilgeous-Alexander has already shown that he can play off the ball last season when he played in a three-guard lineup with Schroder and Chris Paul. The team now has time to build chemistry between their young stars as it goes through a rebuild.